Month September 2019

Flatbush – Vos Iz Neias recently published a video of a woman assaulting another woman at Target because she refused to apologize for reaching over the first woman’s child in order to take a shampoo. The video is taken by… Continue Reading →

Corey Lewandowski’s mocking and defiant performance during more than five hours before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday raised new questions about whether Democrats can revive investigations they say could… Read more » The post Lewandowski Leaves Doubt About Whether… Continue Reading →

Back in the Before Time of 2016, I occasionally praised Sen. Marco Rubio (F-Fla.) for his foreign policy acumen. Unlike many of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle,… Read more » The post Stop the Sanctions Madness, Senator… Continue Reading →

As of this writing — 24 hours after Israelis went to the polls for the second time in less than six months — the country’s political future remains highly uncertain.… Read more » The post Reflections on a Difficult Election… Continue Reading →

The number of U.S. deaths and illnesses from a rare mosquito-borne virus are higher than usual this year, health officials report. Eastern equine encephalitis has been diagnosed in 21 people… Read more » The post Uptick Seen in Rare Mosquito-Borne… Continue Reading →

Oil Price Drops for 2nd Day Despite Heightened Gulf Tensions NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices retreated even as the Saudi military blamed Iran for recent attacks to critical oil… Read more » The post Business Briefs – September 18,… Continue Reading →

Major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate for a second time this year, citing slowing global economic growth and uncertainty… Read more » The post U.S. Stocks End Mixed Following… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] Be privy to an extraordinary brocha from the Gadol Hador Reb Chaim Kanievsky with your donation: “You Will Merit Healthy Children” he Gadol Hador has given a brochah “You will merit healthy children” to those who support the holy… Continue Reading →

Lakewood, NJ – In a stirring display of unity and resolve, over 100 diverse community leaders from Lakewood, Toms River, Jackson, Brick and Howell gathered at the Lakewood Municipal Building yesterday for a Regional Discussion on Stopping the Hate headlined… Continue Reading →

Senate Democrats Wednesday blocked debate on the almost $700 billion Pentagon budget and other spending bills amid a feud between the chamber’s leaders over the rules of engagement for translating… Read more » The post Democrats Block Pentagon Bill Amid… Continue Reading →

Israel’s two main parties were locked in a dead heat on Wednesday, with more than 90 percent of the vote in the do-over election tallied. The inconclusive result has already… Read more » The post Israel’s Two Main Parties Locked… Continue Reading →

Authorities are investigating a reported shooting in Lakewood this evening, sources told TLS. The alleged shooting occurred in the southern section of Lakewood shortly after 6:00 PM. One neighbor tells TLS she heard five shots fired. Police say there are… Continue Reading →

September is here. As the air starts to turn slightly crisper and people’s minds turn to back-to-school, autumn foods, and sports, one shul in Silver Spring, Maryland decided to focus… Read more » The post Southeast Hebrew Congregation Beautifies Their… Continue Reading →

A car smashed into the lobby of the Trump Plaza residential tower in New Rochelle, New York, slightly injuring two pedestrians, police said. The crash, which police were investigating as… Read more » The post Car Smashes Into Lobby Of… Continue Reading →

A 24-year-old Jewish man was attacked as he walked along Warsoff Place on the periphery of the Jewish neighborhood of Williamsburg. As the victim strolled along the sidewalk, he was… Read more » The post Jewish Man Beaten and Robbed… Continue Reading →

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations an “act of war” against the kingdom by Iran, as the Saudis displayed missile… Read more » The post U.S. Says Attack on Saudi… Continue Reading →

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that Xavier Nelson, 29, of Toms River, pleaded guilty on Friday, September 13, 2019, to Distribution of Heroin before the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, J.S.C. The State will be recommending a sentence of… Continue Reading →

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations an “act of war” against the kingdom by Iran, as the Saudis displayed missile and drone wreckage and cited other… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California’s authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, a move critics said would result… Read more » The post Trump Bars California From Setting… Continue Reading →

Three people were hospitalized after an accident at the intersection of New Hampshire Ave. and Cedarbridge Avenue, emergency personnel tell TLS. The accident occurred at approximately 5:45 PM. Two patients were transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center and one… Continue Reading →

A Hasidic Jewish man was assaulted and robbed in Brooklyn on Tuesday in an incident captured on video and posted on social media. Four men cornered the man, with long sidelocks and wearing a long black coat, then punched and… Continue Reading →